For the first time in his career, [Peter] Dinklage was allowed to play someone with dimension, passion, and an identity beyond his physical attributes, and he makes the most of it.

| Apr 14, 2023

None of the central performers put a foot wrong; Dinklage excels as a burdened man who is angry, tired, and tough.

| Feb 24, 2023

Dinklage, much the best reason to see the movie, brings what must be a lifetime of weathering insults and morbid curiosity to his role.

| Original Score: B | Sep 19, 2022

If you're in the market for a human-interest story which earns its uplift and inspiration tags through deft writing without beating you over the head with clichés and stereotypes, you're not likely to find a better example than The Station Agent.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 24, 2021

It's not possible to make an enduring work simply by removing the offending features of "blockbuster" productions, the aforementioned bombast, violence, stupidity.

| Feb 15, 2021

In a rare case of cinematic synchronicity, we get to know them at exactly the same speed as they get to know each other.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 30, 2019

The Station Agent is little more than a three-character, metaphorically burdened off-Broadway play, but Peter Dinklage's understated performance gives it a bit of substance.

| Apr 10, 2018

Dinklage is a star, for sure, but the film is hypnotic because of its unusually certain and constantly delicate tone.

| Dec 18, 2017

There isn't a character, location or situation in The Station Agent that could exist anywhere other than in a screenplay.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 21, 2011

A quiet joy with breathtaking performances.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 29, 2010

Peter Dinklage details Fin's solitude in single glances, but his countenance also warms to eventual friendship. It's an attenuated, reserved, realistic performance - bolstered when we learn Fin is silent because shouting only summons repressed rage.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 8, 2010

a charmingly simple character study

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 3, 2010

...a sweet art film that is unapologetic as it is memorable. Peter Dinklage's performance is poetic and pure as any you will ever observe on screen or off.

| Original Score: B | Jun 14, 2009

Great acting, great script and competent directing fuel a truly good work of art not to be missed.

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

What saves the movie, and gives it what emotional reality it has, is the acting. A lot of the good will this movie has generated is due to Dinklage, who single-handedly overturns decades of screen stereotypes.

| Nov 1, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Charming fable about three misfits who overcome personal and social isolation and learn the meaning of friendship and community in the unlikely place of rural New Jersey

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 1, 2005

A pleasurably quaint tale.

| Original Score: B | May 4, 2005